War criminal : The life and death of Hirota Koki
On December 23, 1948, seven men climbed the thirteen steps to the gallows. Six of them were members of the defeated Japanese military. The seventh was a civilian- Hirota Koki- a stonemason's son who had risen to become both foreign minister and prime minister. His life was that of an honest man...
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Tokyo
Kodansha Internationa,New York
1977
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| Thư viện lưu trữ: | Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ |
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| Özet: | On December 23, 1948, seven men climbed the thirteen steps to the gallows. Six of them were members of the defeated Japanese military. The seventh was a civilian- Hirota Koki- a stonemason's son who had risen to become both foreign minister and prime minister. His life was that of an honest man caught up in the cogs of face; his trial was a demonstration, in Justice William O. Douglas's words, not of justice, but of political power, and he died in silence. |
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